John M. McCurley, M.D.
Dr. John M. McCurley is Medical Director of Cowles Clinic, Director and Attending Physician for Cowles Clinic Executive Health and a staff physician in Cowles Clinic Internal Medicine. He attended medical school at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. His residency and internship in Internal Medicine were served at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
Dr. McCurley's distinguished career began even prior to medical school when he served for ten years as a Naval Submarine Officer, including service as a department head on a Trident submarine – the USS Georgia – and duties at the Naval Bureau of Personnel. In his final professional assignment before entering medical school, he served in The White House Military Office as the Director of the White House's Presidential Emergency Complex.
Following completion of his residency training, Dr. McCurley was selected to serve as a staff physician in the Office of the Attending Physician to U.S. Congress where he provided care to members of the House of Representatives, Senate and The Supreme Court. In this position, he traveled with multiple Congressional delegations for high level international meetings around the world supporting work in China, Taiwan, Russia, Mexico, Bosnia, Kosovo and Germany. Dr. McCurley was an integral part of the medical team assembled at the U.S. Capitol in response to the anthrax attack in October 2001.
Dr. McCurley spent nearly ten years as a staff physician at the naval hospital in Bethesda. In his last assignment as a Navy Physician, he served as Staff Internist and Medical Director at the Naval Health Clinic in Annapolis, MD. He remains an Assistant Professor of Medicine for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda where he spent three years as a principal investigator for clinical research in the pathophysiology of heart failure.
After completing 24 years of active duty with the United States Navy, Dr. McCurley recently retired as a full Commander. He is married to Maureen, his wife of 25 years. They have three children and live in the Lake Oconee area.